LONDON - FEBRUARY 1: Queen Sonja at the press view of "Style and Splendour: Queen Maud of Norway's Wardrobe" exhibition - displaying the spectacular wardrobe of the British Princess who became Queen Consort of the newly independent Norway in 1905 - at the Victoria and Albert Museum on February 1, 2005 in London. Daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Maud was renowned for her style, and her clothes document an extraordinary era of fashion history. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

February 1, 2005: Prince Haakon and Princess Mette Marit arrive at the private viewing of "Style and Splendour: Queen Maud of Norway's Wardrobe" exhibition - displaying the spectacular wardrobe of the newly independent Norway in 1905 - at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Maud was renowned for her style, and her clothes document an extraordinary era of fashion history. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Thank you for the pictures! Are these the dresses at the V&A exhibit that Haakon and Mette-Marit are attending? After I saw the photos today of H & M-M entering the exhibit, I was curious to find a web site that would show pictures of Maud's dresses. Perhaps these are some of them.

Thank you for the pictures, pdas
For my taste a little bit too much black. You can hardly recognise anything. Well, I guess I expect too much, when I want the Royals to adapt the colours of their clothes to the colours of the surrounding area, in which they are photographed

It looks to me as if Sonja attended twice. Once at the press viewing, and once at the actual opening. (Note that we only see the Crown Prince and Princess once... and the last pictures of Sonja seem to me to be taken in the same spot)

It looks to me as if Sonja attended twice. Once at the press viewing, and once at the actual opening. (Note that we only see the Crown Prince and Princess once... and the last pictures of Sonja seem to me to be taken in the same spot)

Thanks Norwegianne. Excellent observation regarding the spot where Haakon and Mette Marit, and later, Sonja are standing. Sonja did attend the exhibiton twice. Once in the morning and again in the evening. Below are the pics of her leaving after the viewing in the morning.

February 1: Prince Edward and Countess Sophie attend the private viewing of "Style and Splendour: Queen Maud of Norway's Wardrobe" exhibition - displaying the spectacular wardrobe of the British Princess who became the Queen Consort of the newly independent Norway in 1905 - at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Maud was reknowned for her style, and her clothes document an extraordinary era of fashion history. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

AFAIK Queen Sonja did the official opening during the day, in the afternoon there was a private viewing for the british royal and Haakon and Mette-Marit foolowed by a dinner at the norwegian ambasador, I think it is strange that H and MM did not attend the day event, what were they doing...

Here are some more pics of Queen Sonja (I guess these are from this morning then, the press viewing) at the exhibtion - I will post pics of some of the exhibited pieces in the Queen Maud centennary thread. One pic from Polfoto, the rest from Corbis:

February 1, 2005: Prince Haakon and Princess Mette Marit arrive at the private viewing of "Style and Splendour: Queen Maud of Norway's Wardrobe" exhibition - displaying the spectacular wardrobe of the newly independent Norway in 1905 - at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Maud was renowned for her style, and her clothes document an extraordinary era of fashion history. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Thanks for the pictures pdas1201! :)

Is Mette-Marit wearing fur in these pictures? I think this is the first time I've ever seen Mette-Marit (possibly) in fur. It must be cold in Norway, as cold or relatively as cold as it is in Denmark yet the Danish royals seem to sport fur much more than their Norwegian counterparts. Or is it a social thing?

I'd like to direct your attention to the penultimate picture posted by GrandDuchess. Then I'd like to redirect your attention to the picture earlier in this thread from the Masked Ball, when they were actually wearing these costumes...